Fix climate change. Fight social inequality and injustice. End global poverty. Whoa… would be awesome to resolve it all at once, right? However, when we think rationally, we know that it requires a lot of time and effort to achieve those important, world-changing goals. Personally, sometimes I feel quite helpless when I look at global […..]

I’m Peer Sylvester, a humble teacher (is that an oxymoron?) of math and chemistry in Berlin, Germany. I also design games and, boy, I’m not so humble about that. I grew up with games. My father always loved abstract thinking, so I learned chess when I was four. I was never too gifted though, and […..]

Hi, I’m Hans and in the board game world I go by Hans Solo. That’s because I am primarily a solo gamer now. I don’t get to game with groups as often as I like so I’ve had to adapt. I have grown to enjoy solo gaming, so much so that I started a video […..]

Hi! I’m Kevin Reader, one of the designers of Competition Kitchen. Competition Kitchen has been baking in the oven for over 10 months now. The original idea of the game came from me and my co-designer Joe. We have a shared passion for cooking competition shows. We wanted to find a way to recreate that […..]

I’m Mirna Noaman, graphic design researcher based in Cairo, Egypt. My work revolves around knitting critical research into socially and politically conscious design work. The slang term Taht-El-Balata literally translates to “Underneath the floor tile”. Taht El Balata is an educational board game for Egyptian students from middle school and upwards that helps them foster […..]

I am a kind of nerdy city girl living in Taipei. I like static activities, such as: drawing, playing games, reading comics and novels, listening music and singing. This is the big city I live in, Taipei. When I was a freshman, I walked through the booth of a board game club in the student […..]

Analog games are sometimes seen as a step backwards in technology when compared to the digital games on offer today. For many of us however, analog games still have a big impact on our lives and we’ll be eagerly watching for future developments. Card games and board games have been around for what feels like […..]